March 13, 2006

Malibu, Calif. - The No. 7 Baylor men's tennis team suffered a 4-3 defeat to No. 2 Pepperdine on Monday afternoon at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu, Calif. With the loss, the Bears dropped to 10-4 on the season while the Waves moved to 16-1.

Pepperdine clinched the doubles point after winning at courts one and three. The Baylor tandem of Lars Poerschke and Michal Kokta posted the Bears' lone doubles win with an 806 triumph over 35th-ranked Ivor Lovrak and Pedro Rico. The Waves' Richard Johnson and Omar Altmann came from behind to defeat Will Ward and Matt Brown 8-6 at No. 3, while No. 1 Scott Doerner and Andre Begemann defeated No. 19 Jon Reckewey and Matija Zgaga 8-6 to put Pepperdine up 1-0.

In singles, No. 17 Scott Doerner defeated No. 5 Lars Poerschke 6-0, 6-1 at court one. Altmann followed with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Reckewey at No. 6 to boost the Waves' lead to 3-0. The Bears began to fight back winning at courts four and five. No. 48 Zgaga forced No. 20 Pedro Rico to a third set and defeated the Wave 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. No. 62 Ivor Lovrak clinched the match at court three as he defeated Ward 7-6 (3) 2-6, 6-1. The Bears are back in action on Saturday, March 25 when they host SMU at 6 p.m.

#2 Pepperdine 4, #7 Baylor 3

DOUBLES
1. #1 Scott Doerner and Andre Begemann def. #19 Jon Reckewey/Matija Zgaga 8-6
2. Lars Poerschke/Michal Kokta )BAY) def. #35 Ivor Lovrak/Pedro Rico (PEP) 8-6
3. Omar Altmann/Richard Johnson (PEP) def. Will Ward/Matt Brown (BAY) 8-6

SINGLES
1. #17 Scott Doerner (PEP) def. #5 Lars Poerschke (BAY) 6-0, 6-1
2. #48 Matija Zgaga (BAY) def. #20 Pedro Rico (PEP) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. #62 Ivor Lovrak (PEP) def. Will Ward (BAY) 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
4. #52 Michal Kokta (BAY) def. Richard Johnson (PEP) 6-2, 7-5
5. #104 Matt Brown (BAY) def. Andre Begemann (PEP) 6-2, 6-4
6. Omar Altmann (PEP) def. Jon Reckewey (BAY) 6-3, 6-4